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According to U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnik, on July 18, the United States reached an agreement on the Gordie Howe International Bridge with Canada. Under the deal, the U.S. will receive 50% of net revenues through 2041 and retain authority in setting toll rates.

According to The New York Times, Iranian forces conducted a strike on a U.S. military base in Jordan today, damaging multiple American helicopters and injuring dozens of service members, U.S. officials said.

According to Symbiosis Finance documentation, the protocol has launched private USDT swaps and transfers on TRON network. The feature is implemented at the dApp layer rather than as a native TRON protocol change, utilizing non-custodial MPC (multi-party computation) routing and Threshold Signature Schemes to reduce the visible link between sender and recipient wallets during USDT movement across chains.

According to ECB board member Piero Cipollone on Friday, stablecoin growth could strip European banks of retail deposits. He noted that two-thirds of card payments in the euro area already route through non-European payment schemes, with 13 of 21 eurozone countries lacking their own national card schemes. The ECB named 36 payment service providers—including Deutsche Bank, UniCredit, and Revolut—for a digital euro pilot starting in the second half of 2027, following a European Parliament vote of

According to Adam Kobeissi citing FINRA, NYSE and JPMorgan data, US margin debt reached a record $1.5 trillion in June, representing a $281.2 billion or 23% increase over three consecutive months and a $494.1 billion or 49% surge over 12 months. A broader leverage measure, calculated by subtracting cash held in brokerage accounts from total margin borrowing, stands at approximately 1.4% of S&P 500 market capitalization, approaching historic highs and exceeding the 2000 dot-com bubble peak of 1.1

According to US Treasury OFAC, on July 14, the agency added TRON wallet addresses linked to Iran to its sanctions list, resulting in $131 million in USDT being frozen. The action highlights how stablecoin issuers can enforce sanctions even when assets move on public blockchains, demonstrating that dollar-backed tokens remain subject to centralized compliance controls despite operating on decentralized networks.

According to Odaily, Michael Saylor, founder of MicroStrategy, published a lengthy statement on July 18 opposing Bitcoin Improvement Proposal BIP 110. He outlined 100 reasons against the proposal, arguing it imposes governance intervention on a controversial but currently valid transaction class through consensus rule changes. Saylor highlighted that BIP 110 requires a 55% miner signaling threshold, below the standard 95% threshold in BIP 9, and removes normal timeout and FAILED status safeguard

According to the U.S. State Department on July 19, the agency issued a global security alert warning of escalating tensions in the Middle East and the potential for unexpected escalation. The State Department advised Americans worldwide, particularly those in the Middle East region, to increase vigilance. U.S. diplomatic facilities, including embassies outside the Middle East, have become targets of attack. The State Department warned that organizations backed by Iran may target other U.S. inter

Input Output announced it will transfer control of Cardano's core blockchain infrastructure to external development teams, beginning in August and continuing into 2027. The handover covers the Cardano Haskell node, Plutus smart-contract platform, Daedalus wallet, Hydra scaling technology, and developer relations. Specialist firms Se7en Labs and Teragone will take responsibility for portions of the work. The move aligns with Cardano's Voltaire era roadmap, which aims to shift protocol governance

According to Iran's ambassador to Pakistan, on July 19, the U.S. violated a memorandum of understanding before the 60-day deadline following its signing. The ambassador stated that this demonstrates the U.S. lacks genuine commitment and intent to ensure any agreement succeeds, and suggested that American statements regarding peace and stability are hollow rhetoric.

According to defillama.com data as of July 18, 2026, the stablecoin market lost $12.4 billion over the past 62 days since May 17, marking the largest sector contraction since 2022. Tether's USDT held steady at $184.055 billion market cap with a 0.06% weekly decline, while Circle's USDC remained at $73.376 billion with a 0.04% dip. Sky's USDS experienced the steepest drop among top 10 stablecoins, falling 12.30% to $6.66 billion, while Global Dollar's USDG posted the strongest gain at 9.08%, reac

According to Wall Street Journal and U.S. Department of Labor data, nearly 2 million Americans have been unable to find work for at least six consecutive months. In June, long-term unemployed individuals (continuously jobless for 27 weeks or more) represented 27.3% of all unemployed persons, up 4 percentage points from a year earlier. This ratio approaches the highest level since late 2021. Weakening hiring activity means more people continue entering long-term unemployment despite some finding

Input Output announced Friday it will transfer control of Cardano's core infrastructure—the Haskell node, Plutus platform, Daedalus wallet, and Hydra scaling tool—to external specialist firms beginning in August, with the full transition running through 2027. Se7en Labs and Teragone, along with community bodies Intersect and Pragma, will oversee at least three independent node implementations in Haskell, Rust, and Go. The Van Rossem hard fork activates on July 18 at 21:44 UTC, advancing Cardano

According to reports, the U.S. conducted airstrikes on Iran's southern port of Abadan on July 18. Local residents reported hearing three to five explosions across the port area.

According to U.S. Central Command, the U.S. military continues to enforce a strict naval blockade on Iran. As of July 18, the command has rerouted 5 commercial vessels and disabled 1 ship.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a conversation with Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine today.

According to its shareholder Q&A published Thursday, Bitcoin Japan's board approved a financing package with Cayman Islands-based EVO Fund that could raise 9.66 billion yen ($59.5 million) in net proceeds, including 662 million yen ($4.1 million) for its first bitcoin purchase. The package combines a 1.5 billion yen ($9.2 million) zero-coupon convertible bond with stock acquisition rights potentially generating 8.2 billion yen ($50 million) over roughly 12 months. Full conversion and exercise wo

According to the Associated Press, 16 U.S. soldiers have been killed and over 430 wounded since the conflict with Iran began in February 2025.

According to Uniswap governance proposals, the protocol is preparing to vote on fee activation for Uniswap v4 pools and Robinhood Chain from July 19 through 26. The two proposals would activate protocol fees for selected pools across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, BNB Chain, Polygon, Optimism, and Robinhood Chain, with collected fees routed to the UNI burn mechanism. Robinhood Chain has become a key focus after Uniswap deployed v2, v3, and v4 on the network at its July 1 mainnet launch, with the chai

According to Google Quantum AI research published in 2026, breaking Bitcoin's elliptic curve signature algorithm would require approximately 500,000 physical qubits—a significant reduction from earlier estimates. Current quantum machines operate in the 1,000 to 1,500 qubit range, with researchers estimating a viable threat could emerge between 2029 and 2035 depending on error correction progress. In response, Bitcoin developers proposed BIP-360 in 2026, introducing quantum-resistant address form